National Organic Control Unit (NOCU) - the competent authority for Organic Agriculture in Sri Lanka, established under the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) - launched its initiative to promote Organic Agriculture islandwide recently.
State Minister for Rural Road Development Sivanesathurai Santhirakanthan, announced that the final phase of the national program to develop 100,000 km of road is expected to be completed with funding from the next budget.